15 Minutes - June

Staff Spotlight: Angela Zhang

--- Steven Albers 

     “Hakuna Matata. Jussst around tha river bend! NO ONE’S GOT A SWELL CLEFT IN HIS CHIN LIKE GASTON!! *Cue 45 minutes of yelling incoherent Disney lyrics*”

*Important Note* Angela had a much more… fulfilling life motto, but amidst the singing chaos (which I was very much a part of), I forgot what it was.

     My first and only meeting with staff writer/artist Angela Zhang consisted of nothing more than the most grandiose Rock Band 3 shredding session to be had since the reign of Caesar. And grandiose it was.

     However spectacular this historic moment was, I was still left with nothing more than a tunnel-vision blink of her personality and preferences. Lucky for me, Angela was kind enough to take a short break from her much less monumental Rock Band outing (Busy FCing some RB3 DLC. ‘Mirite?) and LittleBigPlanet sackboy adventures to respond to this brief interview.

     The first thing you should know is that Angela Zhang is a woman of few nicknames; a few of which include Angie and An-Jello. As such I’ve taken the liberty of synthesizing my own nickname for her: Gouda. It’s a very simple derivative: Angela -> Angelica -> Rugrats -> Rats -> Rattata -> Pokemon -> Misty -> Mr. Misty from Dairy Queen -> Dairy -> Cheese -> Gouda.

     But there are much more important matters to discuss than a mere nickname. In her spare time, Gouda (Okay, Angela) enjoys such simple activities as hanging out in the wide world known as the internet, doodling, or reading comics, among others. If you couldn’t already tell from a certain previous article, Angela simply cannot get enough of the hit show Supernatural and the manly musk (Misha Collins) that accompanies it, which you may often see her watch while devouring a pyramid of different flavored mochi.

     As a fellow captain of awkwardness, Angela is the first to yell “Awkward Turtle!!” when, say, a particularly fluffy lady is called pregnant. Hopefully this would be an asset if she were ever to find herself hanging out on the set of Supernatural. You know, since… Never mind.

     Putting all hijinks aside for a fleeting moment, Angela hopes to graduate in a few years with a degree (I can only assume at Berkeley), possibly in a field like Environmental Sciences, with the fallback plan of being a freelance translator.

     I guess you could say the only thing I learned from this interview is that Gouda would not give up her left arm in exchange for being a Pokemon master. But I beg to differ.